Chapter 1170 Prepare for a Rainy Day

The latest website: Make expensive things cheap, make rare things popular, and make unreliable things stable and controllable—the reason why magic technology can change the way the whole world works in this era is nothing more than this.

The elves have a Temple of Stars. For thousands of years, the sky fortress that never falls has been the greatest guarantee for the Silver Empire to be proud of other countries. Although due to the aging of the temple itself, its deterrent power can only be limited. It is located in the southern part of the continent, but as long as the fortress is still floating in the sky for a day, most countries in the Loren continent can only look up and awe at it-this has nothing to do with whether the elves themselves "observe peace and neutrality", but because of their overwhelming strength. inevitable situation.

Under the current international situation, Gawain and his entire ruling team do not intend to make Cecil a hegemonic empire, but even so, he still hopes to make a breakthrough in the empire's air power, and the sky fortress in the hands of the elves It is an extremely attractive and practical goal, even if it is not considered from the perspective of military deterrence, this kind of flying fortress that can operate at high altitude for a long time, has strong protection force, and can provide reliable protection for expeditionary units is very important to one of Gawain's Long-term planning is also extremely important:

Attack the wasteland.

There is only one Temple of the Stars, and due to power and maintenance issues, it cannot be too far away from the Silver Empire. It is unrealistic to expect it to become the main force to counterattack the wasteland, but the threat of the wasteland is there, and the hidden power inside is increasing day by day , people living around the wasteland must find another way to ensure their own safety. Using the unique advantages of magic technology to try to manufacture a mass-produced magic version of the sky fortress, to accumulate strength for the future counterattack against the wasteland, this is the plan that Gawain formulated—one of many plans.

But it is not easy to realize such a bold project, even with a cheating test system like Origin Lab with built-in acceleration and full-real simulation, with a lot of technical support provided by elves, plus convenient magic assistance and relatively mature With anti-gravity technology, it is not so easy to create human beings' own "Star Temple"-this is not just as simple as an oversized "Dragon Cavalry".

Rebecca's attention returned to the sketch in front of her, her eyes moved slowly between the regularly arranged anti-gravity devices and power ridges, and she muttered while thinking: "The biggest thing we have encountered so far There are two problems... One is the magic shock and resonance damage caused by a large number of anti-gravity rings running simultaneously in the same system. Last time we used the anti-gravity ring of the Dragoon to test the machine, and it almost burned all the test devices. Blowing up the entire platform, this problem now has a solution, which is to add an isolation layer and an energy release device between the power ridge and the energy consumption unit. Whether it is effective or not depends on the next test.

"The second problem is how to effectively integrate such a huge system so that all parts of the system can work together—the scale of the thing we designed is too large and the structure is too complicated. The number of guidance devices is astonishing, there are at least a dozen anti-gravity rings alone, and these things are related to each other... There is a problem with the coordination,

Maybe it's going to shut down. The sky fortress is something that flies in the sky, it is different from a car and ship, it will fall when the system shuts down..."

"That's why we need an 'operation center'," Marin Leslie nodded, "This operation center can immediately sense the status of all systems in the entire fortress, and can efficiently control various parts. Considering The scale of the overall system of the Sky Fortress and the complexity of this operation center will exceed the limits of our current control technologies—even if it is barely built, I am afraid that few people in this world can really operate it..."

"That's why I said that servo brains and wetware mainframes are good things, although the ancestors always feel that their image is not good enough," Rebecca laughed, "There is nothing more suitable for commanding such a large and complex computer network than a neural network." System, I agree with what Mr. Egg said - the most beautiful creation created by life is a machine, and the most beautiful machine is life itself. Wetware hosts and neural networks can break the gap between machines and organisms Boundary, as long as the nerve cord can cover the entire system, the control of the sky fortress will not be a problem, and then we will consider how to transform and upgrade the verified system at Glenn Heavy Industries into our blueprint..."

"In the final analysis, this idea also refers to the Temple of the Stars of the elves," Marin Leslie sighed with a complicated expression, "I heard that the control technology of their 'temple' is essentially similar Neural network stuff..."

"That's different," Rebecca shook her head immediately, "The wetware mainframe doesn't take up the population, so at most it costs a little sugar—the Queen of the Silver Elf's Temple of Stars."

Marin Leslie's expression was a bit weird for a moment: "Your statement is a bit..."

"I'm not talking nonsense," Rebecca knocked on the table solemnly, "I talked to Queen Belsetia last time, she said that after sitting on the seat of dominion, people become a part of the machine and must You can only concentrate on controlling the system, and the selection of operators is extremely harsh. First, you must be a member of the Morning Star royal family, or you cannot pass the biometric authentication. Second, you must have a synchronization rate or something... If the synchronization rate cannot increase, Saint Qunxing The efficiency of the temple will drop accordingly, what is the difference between this and the old age mages who rely on talent to cast spells and the magic props that require spellcasting ability?"

Speaking of this, Rebecca crossed her arms and made a serious judgment: "So in my opinion, the elves' Temple of the Stars is fundamentally flawed—even if the elves fix it, that thing will be destroyed sooner or later." It is also a constraint. If the Silver Empire wants to develop, sooner or later it must find a way to get rid of this kind of "antique heritage" that is full of problems. What did the ancestors say? What do you call it broken and then erected? ...Anyway, I think the Silver Empire needs this 'broken' process now."

"Uh...you're right, but I didn't mean it just now...forget it, you're right." Marlin Leslie coughed twice awkwardly, raised his hand and touched the non-existent thing on top of his head. Sweat beads, the princess in front of me has always had a wonderful way of speaking. A somewhat traditional-minded person like myself will inevitably feel extra pressure when he accidentally talks about certain "top topics" with her. He even doubts himself. At least half of the hair was lost while chatting with this Highness.

Rebecca didn't seem to realize that she had caused new pressure on the reliable subordinate in front of her. Her attention was attracted by Marin's movements, and she glanced up, suddenly a little surprised: "Hey, Ma Lin, your hair is short again?"

"This...Thank you for your concern," Marin's expression was a little awkward for a moment, he touched the tip of his nose and said, "It's actually okay, after all...you should understand when you are middle-aged..."

"Ah, then I suggest you ask Pittman for help, he seems to be researching some kind of alchemy ointment for hair growth recently - although I don't know who will ask him to order that ointment every now and then, but you can try it, he Although the ointment used sometimes has no effect, I have never heard of any serious side effects..."

"Thank you, I will think about it." The embarrassment on Marin's face was almost overflowing, and he began to think desperately about what to say to divert Her Highness's attention, so that this topic could pass quickly, but fortunately, he Before she spoke, Rebecca had put aside the topic—as usual, her attention was always jumping back and forth on various things quickly. When Marin kept touching the tip of his nose and standing restlessly, she had already Standing up from behind the large desk, he came to a floor-to-ceiling window not far away.

Rebecca looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

That is the deepest part of the entire facility, and it is also an area with extremely high confidentiality. In the entire administrative area, only from the window of her office can you directly see the site—in the huge enclosed space, the high-power magic spar lamp illuminates it. The wide assembly platform and the steel support structure built vertically and horizontally are illuminated, and the cold light and shadow are outlined under the searchlights. Between those huge platforms and support structures, you can see the unfinished anti-gravity ring, and the giant giant that is being welded. Power ridges, movable magic obelisks, busy construction vehicles, and countless workers and technicians busy among the giant components.

"The components that were burned before have been replaced... Before installing the parts sent by Pompeii, we should do more preparations in the No. 2 test site," Rebecca said softly, "Marin , and then prepare a set of simulation framework, and we will verify the transformation plan of the power ridge again. In addition, we will contact the computing center and borrow their wetware server-the new power ridge and the neural network control system. We have two plans We can test together."

"The budget..." Marin couldn't help but said, although he didn't need to worry about this aspect, but the conversation he heard outside the door just now made him a little worried at this moment.

"I'll just apply, it's just an unplanned test," Rebecca waved her hand, "and even if it does burn, it's better to burn a set of simulation framework and wetware server than to burn the The active spine is better, aunt will understand."

Marin looked at Her Royal Highness in front of him, and lowered his head after a while: "...Yes, Minister, I will arrange it now."

...

In Cecil City, in the Grand Consul's Office in the Government Affairs Hall, Hetty with a slightly tired face put down a report in her hand. She rubbed her sore brows and couldn't help sighing softly. .

At this moment, the door of the office was pushed open, and Gawain's voice came from the door: "I saw you sighing as soon as I came in, Hetty. What kind of difficult problem did you encounter? Baldwin's The progress of village reconstruction and free mercenary retraining is stuck again? Or is the Ministry of Construction and Planning giving you another problem?"

"If it's this kind of problem, it's better. It's nothing more than scheduling the manpower and adjusting the work arrangement of the corresponding department." Hetty rubbed her eyebrows again, and sighed with a headache, "It's our dear Miss Rebecca. ,she……"

Gawain waved his hand without waiting for Hetty to finish speaking, and said casually, "I understand, the budget."

Hetty looked up at her ancestors helplessly: "A month ago, the No. 115 project had a meltdown accident. Although there were no casualties, the key materials and the test site were seriously damaged. The first accident happened in the same place half a month ago. The second meltdown, this time not only destroyed all the test equipment, even the test site was almost blown up - thanks to the strict and effective safety measures, the disaster did not expand further. Now Rebecca has submitted the third phase of the budget application...amount It’s even several percentage points higher than last time.”

Hetty couldn't help shaking her head, but her originally beautiful face was covered with confusion at this moment: "I can understand the importance of Project 115, but it's too difficult to keep a normal mind when signing."

Whenever I see the budget list from the Magic Technology Department, the signing hand can't help trembling slightly. Sometimes Hetty really wants to hand these things directly to the first-level financial officials under him, but Rebecca submits it. Most of the budget is related to secret-related plans, and the final review must go through her, the Grand Consul—Hetty can't help being a little pessimistic about the future, feeling that her trembling hands may continue to tremble for many years...

Seeing Hetty, who was always mature and calm in front of outsiders, showing such a helpless look in front of himself without any scruples, Gawain couldn't help but want to laugh, but he managed to control his expression, shook his head slightly and said, "It seems that this is really true. It’s a very expensive project…”

"You started this project," Hetty glanced at the old ancestor, "Have you forgotten?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten, and we should all know the necessity of Project 115," Gao Wen coughed lightly, his expression becoming serious, "Over there in the wasteland...I'm afraid we don't have much time left."

Seeing the change in Gawain's expression, Hetty couldn't help straightening her back, her expression became serious: "Did you find anything at the outpost of the South Gate Fortress?"

"I haven't seen anything yet, but there is news from the Silver Empire that their Sentinel Tower has detected several irregular bursts of energy in the depths of the wasteland... It doesn't look like a natural phenomenon."

"Energy burst..." Hetty repeated the word softly, "That is to say, those guys hiding in the depths of the wasteland are no longer hiding their tracks very much..."

"They know that we outsiders can't do anything about them, and the only force in the wasteland that threatens them can't leave the core area," Gawain nodded. Several countries have raised alarm and stepped up their pace, and now they are not so low-key ... it shows that their confidence is inflated."

"If that's the case... can Project 115 really catch up?" Hetty said with worry in her tone, "Put hope on a thing that doesn't know when it will be successful, and it may not even be able to be built, to prevent the wasteland from The threat of not knowing when it will erupt, this matter does not make people feel at ease."

"So Project No. 115 is just one of our plans," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Now we are building up our strength, as much as we can before the wall collapses, and it is even better to save up before the wall collapses." Enough power to break into the wasteland and put everything down before those cultists do something wrong - I have approved the joint proposal of the two generals Maryland and Philip this morning to start building several roads leading to the magnificent wall before this fall 'Advance Railway' is used to arrange our ground mobile fortress. I heard that Typhon has a similar plan. They are rushing to rebuild several major extraordinary legions and increase the troops along the majestic wall, Gaoling On the part of the Kingdom and the Ogure Tribal States, even those members of the alliance that are not directly bordering on the Great Wall have also taken actions.

"Facts have proved that the warnings we issued within the alliance are still effective-it is always a good thing that countries finally do not take the threats in the wasteland as lightly as they did in previous years."